2026 OSU String Day
Sheet Music for Participants
Chokfi’
Sarcasm for String Orchestra and Percussion - 7'
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate
Commissioned by Oklahoma Youth Orchestras
Premiered May 6, 2018
From the composer:
Chokfi’ (choke-fee) is the Chickasaw word for rabbit, who is an important trickster legend within Southeast American Indian cultures.
Inspired by a commission for youth orchestra I decided to create a character sketch that would be both fun and challenging for the kids. Different string and percussion techniques and colors represent the complicated and diabolical personality of this rabbit person.
In honor of my Muscogee Creek friends, I have incorporated a popular tribal church hymn as the melodic and musical base.